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JustPrompts -- Happy Place (3/2 -- 3/16)
Nov. 12th, 2009 09:48 pmWhere’s your happy place?
I assume you mean the mental construct, as opposed to a physical location. For me, it’s always been my old family mansion. I actually didn’t like the place all that much while I was living there – living alone in a large house made me feel like I didn’t quite belong in there – but now that I’m stuck here in Chicago, I miss it a little. I always picture it back in its heyday – furniture all brand new, a fire crackling in the fireplace, everything spic and span. And, unlike the real version, I have company – I generally picture at least Marty staying in the house with me. A lot of my other friends make it in too. And my old dog Copernicus, of course. It – it honestly helps a little. Just having some other place in my head where everything’s calm, quiet, and happy gives me the strength I need to deal with the worst of Chicago.
I assume you mean the mental construct, as opposed to a physical location. For me, it’s always been my old family mansion. I actually didn’t like the place all that much while I was living there – living alone in a large house made me feel like I didn’t quite belong in there – but now that I’m stuck here in Chicago, I miss it a little. I always picture it back in its heyday – furniture all brand new, a fire crackling in the fireplace, everything spic and span. And, unlike the real version, I have company – I generally picture at least Marty staying in the house with me. A lot of my other friends make it in too. And my old dog Copernicus, of course. It – it honestly helps a little. Just having some other place in my head where everything’s calm, quiet, and happy gives me the strength I need to deal with the worst of Chicago.
